History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.243

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*Vāmanapurāṇa* (Venk. ed.) It is a short purāṇa as compared with Matsya, Vāyu, Varāha &c It has 5451 verses in the Venk ed. There is prose in chapters 26, 44 and 93. For its size it contains many legends, such as Śaṅkara cutting off a head of Brahmā, the story of Prahlāda and his grandson Bali and the latter's downfall, the greatness of Devī and her exploits, marriage of Śiva and Umā at the request of gods, the birth of Kārtikeya and explanation of his various names, the story of Daṇḍa who was cursed by Śukra for rape, enmity between Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra, Gajendramokṣa &c It briefly deals with many of the usual dharmaśāstra subjects viz. tīrtha, sadācāra, āśramadharma, sāmānyadharma, vrata, karmavipāka &c The Kalpataru quotes from Vāmana about 88 verses on tīrtha (only some of which have been traced), about 80 verses on vrata, 14 verses on dāna (which are also quoted by Aparārka p. 364) and 11 verses on niyatakāla.¹⁴³⁶